Not sure if there is an option but you can disable another way. On a windows computer search for "system configuration". Then click on the start-up tab. From here you can see every program that starts when the computer is turned on or restart. Simply click the box to uncheck/check the programs that you want to run upon startup

I think it would be nice if when i choose to "shutdown pogoplug" it will stop running at windows start-up, and then if i run it manually again it will add itself back to autostart

I agree, please add the ability to let us choose if we want it to start automatically.

Is there a link to the old software? I'm wanting to revert back to the old software but I can't find the latest version (before all the changes) posted anywhere.

Thanks

Rock said: I guess I am the only one who is happy with all the things that pogoplug has accomplished. It is naive to thing that the company should remain stagnant and stop all future new releases and improvements to an already stellar product line. I agree that there should be a button that can stop pogoplug from running upon startup but my point is that it is not the worst thing ever. I have had minimal problems since the new software launch. If you dont want to use the new features, then don't. Disable the ability to share your computer's hard drive and use it like you normally would with the pogoplug device. I just cant see the sense in complaining about added features that work more times than not. I'm sure everyone was happy with old technology until they learned of the upgrades and had a chance to figure out how to work it again.

What is naive about not wanting the software to completely take over your computer and provide no startup settings? What is naive about loyal Pogoplug device owners that only require the PogoPlug drive app being forced to install 35 meg's worth of software that they neither need nor want?

What is naive if for CEi to think it is a good business practice to introduce a new cloud model and force all of their customers to install and use it, only to find that simple startup and configuration setting have been removed from the bloated product.

If I didn't already own a PP device, I would probably be very excited about the Windows based cloud software. But I have already invested in dedicated hardware that I am happy with. All I need is the current app that allows my computer to attach to that device.

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Rock said: I just don't have any of the same complaints as anyone on this forum. I use a netbook and have no trouble with pogoplug taking over my computer's cpu or memory. The netbook runs the same way whether the application is running or not. It is not any slower or non responsive and there just is not a problem with it launching at startup. I also like the new software because it allows me to configure active copies on other computers rather than just the one I am using at the time. It provides a better overall control of my files and I am very happy with all the advancements in the product line.

Right, but there are those of us that use an actual PP enabled hardware device (pogoplug, pogoplug video, pogoplug business, Seagate Dockstar, Buffalo Cloudstar) and don't need or want to turn our home computers or laptops into personal cloud devices.

In the past, CEi provided a nice app that would all users to map a drive to a PP either local or across the internet. It was really nice because you could have this app installed on multiple computers (home, work, spouse, children, etc.) and they could have easy Windows Explorer access to the Pogoplug (typically mapped as drive P:). Now, everyone is expected to perform a 35mb download and deployment (vs 4mb for the old app) and everyone has to have the full personal cloud server service installed. This is ridiculous.

Fortunately, I kept a copy of the 64bit Windows version the app, but lots of people probably didn't and now they are stuck with this unneeded software.

What those of use that have PP enabled hardware devices want is to have just the drive mapping app back as a stand-alone download.

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Naivety is to think that your lack of problems should somehow bear relevance to the problems we are voicing. I think Opus described it best. I certainly fall into the (now) unhappy longtime pogoplug owner. When I first bought and used the product I was able to use a simple work-around to change the drive letter mapping from P to something else. Not having the software start automatically was a critical component of the workaround and that ability, and thus any workaround is now broken. This has nothing to do with netbooks, performance or the like but rather a simple desire to have an easy, configurable drive mapping function for those of us with purchased pogoplug devices.

Problem solved.